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How to Switch Care Sponsors
A complete, step-by-step timeline from resignation to starting your new role. If you’re a care worker in the UK on a Skilled Worker visa, switching sponsors can feel like a complicated process.
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Latest UK Visa Sponsorship Rules
This all-in-one guide explains the latest UK visa sponsorship rules, including the major changes introduced in July 2025.
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The story behind the Remember-I’m-Me Care Charts
Zoe Harris, explains how the challenges she faced while caring for her husband with dementia, prompted her to find a simple yet effective solution, in the form of special care charts
Mother’s Day activities for someone with dementia
Celebrate Mother’s Day with a range of interesting activities to keep your loved one stimulated, engaged and appreciated…
March is free Wills month
If you haven’t yet written your Will (or need to update it), you can get one done for free in certain locations in England and Wales during March. Find out how…
Using the scent of lavender in dementia care
Scent expert Linda Harman explains how a trip to the lavender fields of Provence and the benefits she’s seen in her mother is what inspired her to create a lavender pillow for people with dementia
Dementia’s dirty secret #1: When carers lock up their loved ones
James Ashwell explains why many carers resort to desperate measures to keep a loved one with dementia safe, and explores alternative methods
New plans in place to build dementia-friendly towns
The head of NHS England says it’s vital that health angles are considered when building new communities, to help tackle issues such as dementia and obesity
The joy of children for people with dementia
An increasing amount of care homes are recognising how beneficial it is for their residents to spend time with young children. We look at how this is being done…
New brain scans can confirm dementia, even when patient is alive
A study has found a type of scan could definitively diagnose dementia, and even pick it up in its earliest stages
Boosting appetite for someone with dementia
Has your loved one with dementia gone off meals? Perhaps they’ve lost confidence in the kitchen? Care providers Seniors Helping Seniors provide some suggestions…
What does 'live-in care' mean?